"McVean" (cake): recipe for cooking

Cake "Lightning McVean" - one of the most in demand in modern times. It's not just cakes, smeared with cream or condensed milk, but a real work of art. Especially such a delicacy is suitable for boys who are fond of the cartoon "Cars". The cake is easily made at home, if you follow the step-by-step instructions.

What will be required for the cake?

If there are no special tools for working with mastic, you can use the tubes for cocktails, which cut out the mugs. You will definitely need a sharp knife, plastic cups and parchment. In advance it is better to prepare scissors, brushes and rolling pin for mastic, cut out stencils. They can be printed on a printer or redrawn on paper. This word "lightning", the figure "95" and other inscriptions. A rotating stand is best for assembling a cake. It is also necessary to stock up with food coloring in advance.

Ingredients for cake

For the test, which will be baked "McVean" (cake), you will need the ingredients:

• 6 eggs;
• 900 g of granulated sugar;
• a pinch of salt;
• 7 g of soda;
• Chocolate bar or 2-3 tbsp. Tablespoons of cocoa;
• 400 g of soft margarine;
• 750 g of kefir;
• 1.2 kg of flour.

Still need a cookie. You can make it yourself, but to save time, cookies can be bought in the store in advance. It will take 16 pieces for a cake. It should be round.

For the custard, which will be saturated with "McVean" (cake), you will need:

• 800 ml of milk;
• 4 eggs;
• 100 g of flour;
• 400 grams of granulated sugar.

To prepare the mastic, you need dried milk and powdered sugar in a glass, 150 ml of condensed milk, lemon and dyes of four colors.

Cooking method

"McVean" (cake) begins to create with the preparation of the dough. To do this, mix all the ingredients listed above, except for chocolate, flour and half of kefir. Beat thoroughly. In the process, gradually gradually pour in the flour. Then melt the chocolate and add the remainder of kefir. Then the baking sheet is covered with parchment. The dough is laid on it and aligned. Cakes should be baked in the oven at a temperature of 200 degrees. The result is from 4 to 5 layers.

While the cakes cool, prepare the custard. Take only half of the milk. It mixes with flour and eggs. In a separate container, carefully mix the remainder of the milk and granulated sugar. It is brought to a boil. Then there is added a mixture from the first container and everything is cooked until thick.

How to make a decor for a cake "McVean" from mastic?

For the mastica mix a glass of sifted dry milk with a glass of powder of sugar, pour condensed milk (150 ml) and a teaspoon of lemon juice. From this it is necessary to remove the soft and elastic dough. Pour powder over the needles. Then let a little lie down and start work.

On a large cutting board a layer of mastic is rolled out. A stencil is put on it. Then, using a fine brush, the dyes are drawn with letters, inscriptions or numbers, but so that the color smoothly changes from yellow to red (or vice versa). Surplus dye removed with a normal napkin. Then remove the stencil and cut with a sharp knife letters, inscriptions or numbers.

Holes in them are made a regular tube. The edges of the resulting details are decorated with cords made of black mastic. In order for them to hold well, they are lubricated with food gel or cream. In the same way, wheels, eyes and all other elements are made in advance. Then they dry out for a while.

Building a cake

When the custard cools, we begin to form a cake. From the cake is going to form the car. Each layer is thoroughly impregnated with cream. Then the niches for the wheels are cut out with cookie cutlery or something round from the cake. Extra dough is easily cleaned with a spoon. On top of the "Lightning McVean" is rubbed and leveled, you can custard with the crumbs left from the cake.

For the wheels take two cookies and connect with each other with cream. Tightly press to soak well. Of the red mastic, a circle of a slightly smaller diameter is cut out than the biscuit. And the food gel is glued to the "wheels". Then the rectangles are cut from the mastic, they wrap the cookies. Obtained wheels, covered with rubber.

A white rectangle and a smile from the mastic stick in front of the machine. Fixed with a gel. A large layer of red mastic "Lightning McVean" is fully stretched. It is important to release the resulting bubbles. Surplus mastic is cut from below. This is done with a knife or scissors.

Mastic at the wheels bends into the grooves side by side. Knife neatly cut through the place, designed for a smile. On the "typewriter" in turn all the decor elements are glued. The wheels are inserted last.

Secrets of Taste

"McVean" (cake) will be much tastier if you make cookies yourself. This will require ingredients:

• 100 g of margarine;
• 20 g of honey;
• 40 g of sour cream;
• 200 g of granulated sugar;
• one egg;
• 1 packet of vanillin;
• 2 g of soda;
• 500 g of flour.

Margarine and sand are melted in a separate container in a water bath. Then all other ingredients are placed there, except soda and flour. The mixture is thoroughly mixed. Then, the soda is mixed with a small amount of flour and added to the container. The last ingredient is added little by little until it is completely over.

From the dough cut out mug circles. Small depressions are made in them. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees until cooked.